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单词 to hide in plain sight
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to hide in plain sight (also view)
P2. to hide in plain sight (also view) and variants: to conceal or be concealed in a very open or unexpectedly obvious place; to go unnoticed or unremarked while remaining visible or overt, esp. by blending into the surroundings.In quot. 1834 with implication of carrying out a pointless or fatuous activity.
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1834 N.Y. Christian Messenger 11 Oct. 398/3 I don't always like to give my whole name; neither do I like S. R. S——y, as Br. Thomas proposed. It looks a little like hiding in plain sight.
1892 Cultivator 17 Nov. 876/1 A circle of pasteboard or cardboard the size of a silver dollar is hidden in plain sight.
1913 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-News 13 Nov. 8/3 Was not the purloined letter concealed in plain sight, so prominently placed that it escaped the search?
1919 A. R. Bond Inventions Great War xi. 211 The eyes of the submarines..brought a hurry call for the artists, and up to them was put the problem of hiding ships in plain sight.
1961 Washington Post 25 Jan. (City Life section) b9/3 A simple..candy hunt in which the items are ‘hidden’ in plain view.
1999 J. F. Dunnigan & A. A. Nofi Dirty Little Secrets Vietnam War xi. 277 Sappers had to remain hidden while planning and setting up their assault. This was best accomplished by knowing how to hide yourself in plain sight.
2009 Independent 15 Sept. 3/1 The secrets are built into the architecture and are thus hidden in plain sight.
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